Nail

The pearly colored and crescent / half moon shaped that is due to the cells being pushed closely together

• Cuticle

• Nail plate

• Lunula

• Matrix

What is the name of the tissue located beneath the distal/free edge of the nail?

• Pterygium

• Cuticle

• Hyponychium

• Eponychium

What is the portion of the skin which the nail body rests?

• Matrix

• Nail plate

• Nail bed

• Cuticle

Which part of the nail protects the new keratin cells that are forming the nail and growing out from the matrix?

• Lunula

• Cuticle

• Matrix

• Nail plate

It is the transparent skin, which is called the true cuticle, that is removed during the manicuring process.

• Matrix

• Nail plate

• Nail bed

• Cuticle

It is the folds of the skin that overlap the sides of the nail. It holds your nail in place and protect the nail plate edges.

• Nail plate

• Nail walls

• Nail bed

• Nail matrix

What part of the nail is number 4?

• Nail bed

• Nail plate

• Free edge

• Nail matrix

This structure overlaps the lunula at the base of the nail and is also known as the cuticle.

• Eponychium

• Perionychium

• Hyponychium

• Nail matrix

What is the name of the nutrients that composes the nail?

• Sulphur

• Keratin

• Sodium

• Calcium

The part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe is the

• free edge

• matrix

• cuticle

• nail wall